Elaine Stritch

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Broadway bade farewell to one of its favorites on Monday at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in a tribute titled “Everybody, Rise! A Celebration of Elaine Stritch.”
The bill, which included reminiscences and musical numbers from Broadway heavyweights, was...

Elaine Stritch didn't originate the role of Claire, the alcoholic loose cannon of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1966 drama "A Delicate Balance." But she did put her corrosively funny stamp on the part in a 1996 Lincoln Center Theatre...

My heart sank when I saw the news that Elaine Stritch, the Broadway star, cabaret performer, movie and TV actress, had died Thursday. Frankly, I expected her to live forever. And since she worked well into her 80s, never failing to exhibit the dry wit,...

Elaine Stritch, the raspy-voiced actress whose forceful personality and salty language enlivened the New York stage for more than six decades, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89.
Her death was confirmed by her friend, Julie...

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Elaine Stritch, the theatrical force of nature who died on Thursday at 89, was a foul-mouthed New York legend who seemed to deliver her best performances when she was playing thinly veiled versions of her...

Elaine Stritch, who died Thursday at the age of 89, was a formidable interview when we chatted on the phone in February about the candid documentary "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me."
But she was a formidable talent. Her career spanned 60 years. She...

Elaine Stritch, the raspy-voiced actress whose forceful personality and salty language enlivened the New York stage for more than six decades, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89.
Her death was confirmed by her friend, Julie...

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Tony organizers announced on Tuesday that Greenwood is the...

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Formidable, indomitable, irascible: Pick your adjective, and it pretty much describes the force of nature who holds the stage in "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me."
But what makes this documentary on the celebrated actress and singer especially...

Kathie Lee Gifford looked like a deer caught in oncoming headlights when 89-year-old Broadway legend Elaine Stritch casually dropped an F-bomb on the "Today" show a few weeks back. Gifford shouldn't have been surprised.
Stritch, who appeared on...

HBO is giving a life extension to its medical comedy "Getting On," announcing Tuesday that it has renewed the off-kilter dark comedy for a second season.
"Getting On," from Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer ("Big Love"), is...

Stevie Nicks has become a huge "Game of Thrones" fan, and now she wants to write music for the HBO series.
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Things tend to get pretty loose in the fourth hour of "Today," but even co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb were shocked when guest Elaine Stritch dropped an F-bomb on the show Tuesday.
The celebrated 89-year-old actress, known...

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New York theater institutions don't come much feistier or more dynamic than Elaine Stritch. The tart-tongued, 88-year-old force of nature -- whose stage career includes memorable collaborations with Stephen Sondheim and Edward Albee -- kicked off her...

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